Expert Directory

Pitzer College faculty experts are ready to assist the members of the media on a variety of topics. If you do not find the topic you’re looking for, contact Anna Chang at 909.607.0491 or anna_chang@pitzer.edu

Economic Development:

Dipa Basu, PhD

Expertise:
African and Asian diasporic issues, Consumption, Economics and changing consumption patterns, Ethnicity, gender, race in popular culture, film and media representation, Globalization, Hip hop, Service learning and study abroad, Urban polices

Azamat Junisbai, PhD

Expertise:
Political developments, social and economic inequality in Central Asia, Societ Union and Post-communist societies

Kate Rogers, PhD

Expertise:
Organization Theory, Inter-Organizational Networks, Business, Nonprofit and Public Organiations, Organizations and the Public Policy Environment, Corporate Responsibility.

Emma Stephens, PhD

Expertise:
International economic development, Poverty alleviation in Third World countries.

Maria Soldatenko, PhD

Expertise:
Gender, Feminist Theory, Labor conditions for garment workers, Labor conditions for domestic workers, Race and class systems, Sweat shop conditions, Transnational women activism, Women and economic development.

Lako Tongun, PhD

Expertise:
African and Third-World Politics, Civil wars in Africa, Darfur, Developmental economics (Third World), Global economic development in third world countries, Global genocide, Globalization, Islamic religion, Israeli policy/conflicts, Middle East politics, Political Economy, Sudan, War in the Middle East.